In pictures: The six-day war

In pictures: The six-day war

At the time Israel's victory against its Arab neighbours in the six-day war in 1967 seemed emphatic. The 40 years since tell a very different story. Its legacy has been a series of missed opportunities and waves of conflict between Israelis and Palestinians, with the land occupied by Israel in 1967 at the heart of the divide. Here we look back over the images of the war.

Monday 4 June 2007 10.39 EDT
First published on Monday 4 June 2007 10.39 EDT

Israeli paratroopers Zion Karasanti, left, Yitzhak Yifat, centre, and Haim Oshri, right, stand next to the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest site, in Jerusalem's Old City after it was captured on June 7 1967